Hello all, The next MaPSS talk of this semester will be at 17:00 on Monday 3rd June in Carslaw 535. It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow postgrads, listen to an interesting talk, and of course get some free pizza! ************************************************************************************** Speaker: Michael Denes Title: Lagrangian Coherent Structures in the Ocean Abstract: Ocean flows are dominated by Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCSs), like gyres and eddies, with lifetimes longer than typical dynamical timescales. Due to their capacity to transport water and material over large distances, LCSs play an important role in climate, biogeochemistry, and small-scale mixing. In this talk, I will cover motivations for identifying LCSs, and a brief comparison of methods used to extract LCSs from high resolution ocean model output using simulated drifter trajectories. I will also provide some preliminary results on both a global scale and in the region where the Agulhas Current meets the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. ************************************************************************************** See you there! Details can also be found on the school’s Postgraduate Society website: http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/MaPS/mapss.2019.html Cheers, Eric